| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | "As a joy [to someone]" (in Finnish) |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Helen, Illona, Ileana, Elena, Helena |
| Nickname(s) | Ilonka, Ilike, Ica, Illy, Lo |
| Derived | Traditional name of the Queen of the Fairies in Magyar folklore |
Ilona is a female name in Finland and Hungary.
In Hungarian female given name, the traditional name of the Queen of the Fairies in Hungarian folklore.[1][2]
Its etymology is uncertain, could be Finno-Ugric, but a common theory is that Ilona is cognate of the Greek given name Helen.[3]
Diminutive forms include Ilonka and Ilike.
Ilona is a common name in Finland,[4] where it is considered to refer to the Finnish word ilo ("joy") and ilona literally means "as a joy [to someone]". It is also common in Latvia, Estonia, France, Lithuania and Poland (formerly in crown union with Hungary).
People
- Archduchess Ilona of Austria (1927-2011)
- Ilona Andrews, joint pen name of American novelist duo Ilona and Andrew Gordon
- Ilona Csáková (born 1970), Czech pop singer
- Ilona Eibenschütz (1872–1967), Hungarian pianist
- Ilona Elek (1907–1988), Hungarian world and Olympic champion saber fencer
- Ilona Fehér (1901–1988), Hungarian violinist and teacher
- Ilona Gófitz, Hungarian conjoined twin
- Ilona Graenitz (1943–2022), Austrian MP and MEP
- Ilona Gusenbauer (born 1947), Austrian high jumper
- Ilona Hlaváčková (born 1977), Czech swimmer
- Ilona Jokinen (born 1981), Finnish opera singer,
- Ilona Maher (born 1996), American rugby player, 2020 Olympian with the USA Eagles Women's Rugby 7s squad,
- Ilona Massey (1910–1974), Hungarian actress
- Ilona Mitrecey (born 1993), French singer
- Ilona Novák (1925–2019), Hungarian swimmer
- Ilona Ostrowska, Polish actress
- Ilona Palásti (1924–1991), Hungarian mathematician
- Ilona Senderek (born 1988), Polish figure skater
- Ilona Slupianek (born 1956), retired world champion shot putter who competed for East Germany
- Ilona Staller (born 1951), aka Cicciolina, Hungarian-born Italian porn-star, sometime politician, and singer
- Ilona Štěpánová-Kurzová (1899–1975), Czech concert pianist and piano teacher
- Ilona Szabó de Carvalho (born 1978), Brazilian political scientist
- Ilona Szilágyi (before 1455–1497), Hungarian princess consort of Wallachia as the second wife of Vlad III the Impaler
- Ilona Tőzsér, Hungarian sprint canoer
- Ilona Zrínyi (1643–1703), Hungarian-Croatian countess
See also
References
- ↑ "Finno-Ugric Mythology in Hungarian Fairy Tales".
- ↑ "Hungarian Fairies by Theodora Goss: Summer 2006, Journal of Mythic Arts, Endicott Studio". Archived from the original on 2011-09-07. Retrieved 2011-09-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ Jarvis, Stan (2008). Discovering First Names. Osprey Publishing. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-7478-0383-6.
- ↑ There are 25,000 women named Ilona in the Finnish Population Register: Name service
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